Blue Day for Texas

What a day! Actually, what a last couple of days. I just watched the Duke/Texas game, and this match-up was so important for a couple reasons:

- Duke and Texas are ranked 1 and 2 respectively
- Everyone and their brother hates Duke
- Both teams were unbeaten at 8-0
- Some critics contend Texas is better than Duke and should be #1

WELL BITCHES, YOU CAN SHUT UP NOW BECAUSE DUKE SLAUGHTERED TEXAS 97-66.

(pre-game write-up)

Yes, you read that correctly. The #1 team in the nation beat the #2 team in the nation by 31 points. How glorious. My Saturday is now perfect. Also, JJ Redick had a career high 41 points. No Duke player has scored more than forty points since Danny Ferry did it 15 years ago, to this day. JJ is amazing. I am a little concerned about the comparisons to Shane Battier, who is quite possibly the best Duke basketball player ever, but there are definitely elements in JJ's style of play that are reminiscent of Shane's days in a Blue Devil uniform.

Drake and I were kind of talking about Duke players and their NBA careers. There are few, if any, Duke players who have gone on to have highly successful, championship-blessed professional careers. Jason Williams probably would have, if he had not had that motorcycle accident a couple years ago, and Chris Duhon and Shane Battier are having success as individuals, as well as Carlos Boozer, but they are by no means the superstars they were when they wore Duke uniforms. I don't think is a bad thing. Coach K consistently recruits really good players, but they are solid team players. He doesn't go for the flashy guys who would no doubt be ball-hogs, because that is not the style of basketball Duke plays. Yes, JJ Redick is certainly a star on the team, but he developed into that role, while still learning from Daniel Ewing and Chris Duhon. Few Duke players leave before they graduate, and I think this speaks highly of Coach K and the school as well. He isn't just grooming these guys to be basketball players, education is important as well and he stresses that. He is one of the greatest college basketball coaches of all time, thus why he was chosen to coach the Olympic team in 2008. Haters can shut their mouths for a little while at least.

God, I love basketball season, can you tell?

In the world of college football however, news is just as glorious. One of the biggest douche bag coaches in the game was fired this past week and he goes by the name of Gary Barnett. Thank God this happened, though it is something that should have been a long time ago when all the shit came out about the female kicker and those allegations. Bottom line, Barnett is an asshole and deserves to never coach again. He deserves to turn out like Ben Stiller's character at the end of Dodgeball. There are truly no words to convey how much contempt I have for this sub-human. He is disgusting, he is just, ugh.

We went out last night to celebrate graduation a little early, since Teetz will not be able to attend. He bought me lots of drinks. It was great.